Aeion Bridge + ONVIF Cameras
ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) is the global standard for IP camera interoperability. Every major manufacturer (Axis, Bosch, Hikvision, Dahua, Hanwha, Pelco, Avigilon, Vivotek) ships ONVIF-compliant cameras. Aeion speaks ONVIF natively — discover cameras via WS-Discovery, stream via RTSP, control PTZ over SOAP, subscribe to motion events. No vendor-specific SDKs, no proprietary appliances, no cloud-camera licensing.
ONVIF Profile Support
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Camera Discovery + Configuration
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RTSP Streaming
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PTZ Control
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Motion Event Subscription
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FAQ
Any ONVIF-compliant camera. Most modern IP cameras (2015+) are compliant. Common: Axis, Bosch, Hikvision, Dahua, Hanwha, Pelco, Avigilon.
Per-tenant secure storage. Per-tenant encrypted at rest. Per-Bridge never exposes credentials to cloud.
Per-camera LAN reachability from Bridge. Per-camera RTSP port (554) reachable. Outbound 443 from Bridge to cloud only.
Per-LAN motion-to-Bridge: 50-200ms. Per-Bridge-to-cloud transcoding: 200-500ms additional. Per-cloud-to-viewer: 100-500ms (CDN).
Yes — the RTSP source can be whatever codec the camera outputs; Sentinel's FFmpeg pipeline transcodes it to browser-friendly HLS/H.264 for live view.
Per-camera ONVIF must be enabled (some ship disabled). Per-camera username configured. Per-camera network reachable — or, for cloud deployments, the operator's Bridge app must be connected so the discovery probe can be relayed to the camera's LAN.
Sentinel's own recording pipeline (continuous / motion / scheduled) writes segments locally, either via its own transcoder or through Bridge's storage. There's no on-camera SD-card (ONVIF Profile G) recording integration today.
Face / plate / object detection runs on the operator's Bridge GPU when connected, with an automatic CPU fallback — and an honest "unavailable" result (no detections) when no Bridge is connected, rather than a fabricated success.
Per-camera ONVIF heartbeat. Per-camera RTSP stream health. Per-camera Aeion Sentinel alert on failure.
Per-camera RTSP local: 2-8 Mbps. Per-stream cloud (when viewing): 500kbps-3Mbps depending on resolution.
Per-Bridge typical 16-32. Per-deployment multi-Bridge for higher counts. Per-tenant aggregated cross-Bridge view.
Drop the appliance, keep the cameras (if ONVIF-compliant). Per-camera Aeion Bridge replaces the cloud appliance. Per-license eliminated.